Data Tab
1.
Click the Data
tab.
2.
Using the
downward pointing arrow on the right side of the Dataset name box atop
the Data tab, display and select the ProductData dataset, as
shown in Illustration 17.
Illustration 17: Select the ProductData Dataset ...
3.
Click the Add...
button to the right of the Values list box, found immediately underneath
the Dataset name selector we populated above.
The values in a value series determine the position of each data
point in the chart. There are two values for each value series: X and Y.
These two values are required. The value of X determines the position of
the data point on the x-axis. The value of Y determines the position of
the data point on the y-axis. If the chart contains multiple value series, the
chart displays multiple series in the chart and in the chart legend.
The Edit
Chart Value dialog appears, defaulted to the Values tab.
4.
Type the
following into the Series label box, atop the Values tab:
Internet Sales
5.
Click the function
(fx) button to the right of the box labeled “X,”
depicted within a circle in Illustration 18.
Illustration 18: Click the Function Button for the Value Box ...
The Expression
Editor opens.
6.
Click the Fields
(ProductData) option in the bottom left corner pane of the Expression
Editor.
The field
values of the ProductData dataset appear within the pane to the bottom
right of the Expression Editor.
7.
Double-click Month
to place this selection into the main pane atop the Expression Editor.
The Expression
Editor appears, with our input, as shown in Illustration 19.
Illustration 19: The Expression Editor with Our Input ...
8.
Click OK to
accept our input and to dismiss the Expression Editor.
9.
Click the
downward pointing arrow on the right side of the combination box labeled “Y,”
immediately below the box labeled “X.”
10.
Select =SUM(Fields!Internet_Sales_Amount.Value)
from the options that appear.
The Edit
Chart Value dialog appears with our input as depicted in Illustration 20.
Illustration 20: The Edit Chart Value Dialog, with Our Input...
11.
Click the Appearance
tab on the Edit Chart Value dialog.
12.
Click the Series
Style... button in the lower left corner of the Appearance tab.
The dual
– tabbed Style Properties dialog appears again, just as it did
for the Chart Area Style... and Plot Area Style... buttons we
examined earlier. We see the same Border and Line and Fill tabs,
which we will leave at default at this point.
13.
Click OK
to dismiss the Style Properties dialog, and to return to the Appearance
tab of the Edit Chart Value dialog.
14.
Click the Point
Labels tab on the Edit Chart Value dialog.
15.
Ensure that the
check box to the immediate left of Show point labels, atop the Point
Labels tab, is unchecked.
The Point
Labels tab of the Edit Chart Value dialog box appears as
shown in Illustration 21.
Illustration 21: The Edit Chart Value Dialog Box – Point Label Tab
16.
Click the Action
tab of the Edit Chart Value dialog.
Here we
can define Hyperlink actions, including Jump to report, Jump
to bookmark, or Jump to URL. We will not be working with a
drillthrough scenario in this practice session, and so will leave undisturbed
the default setting of None, as depicted in Illustration 22.
Illustration 22: The Action Tab of the Edit Chart Value Dialog Box
17.
Click the Data
Output tab of the Edit Chart Value dialog.
The Data
Output tab affords us a means of defining XML data output options
for the values in the chart. We will not leverage these capabilities within
this introduction to Line charts, and will therefore leave the settings
of the Data Output tab at their defaults, as shown in Illustration 23.
Illustration 23: The Data Output Tab with Default Settings
18.
Click the
OK button at the bottom of the Edit Chart Value dialog, to dismiss
the dialog with our settings.
We are
returned to the Data tab of the Chart Properties dialog. Next we
will work with the Category groups area of the tab, just under
the Values area. Categories are displayed as data points
within a series group. (A typical XY chart contains non-aggregate
expressions for values. The expression for X in the value chart
area and the expression for the Category group are also typically the
same.)
19.
Click the Add...
button to the right of the Category groups list box, found
immediately underneath the Values list box with which we worked above.
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, defaulted to the General tab.
20.
Type (or cut
and paste) the following into the Name box, atop the General tab:
Month
21.
Click the top
row of the Expression box within the Group on section that
appears just underneath the Name box, to enable the selector button (the
downward-pointing arrow) on the right side of the box.
22.
Select =Fields!Month.Value
from the options that appear, as depicted in Illustration 24.
Illustration 24: Select =Fields!Month.Value in the Top Row of the Expression List ...
23.
Select =Fields!Month.Value
in the Label box, just below Expression box within the Group
on section.
As we
have no input for the Filters or Data Output tabs (which resemble
their counterparts in other areas of the Report Designer, as we have,
and shall, see), within the context of this newly added group, and as we intend
to leave the Sorting at the settings naturally found within the cube
structure, we will accept our input at this stage.
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog (General tab) appears, with our
modifications, as shown in Illustration 25.
Illustration 25: The Grouping and Sorting Properties Dialog with Our Modifications
24.
Click the
OK button at the bottom of the Grouping and Sorting Properties
dialog, to save our settings and to dismiss the dialog.
We return
to the Data tab, once again, which appears, with our Values and Category
groups settings, as depicted in Illustration 26.
Illustration 26: Chart Properties Dialog Box – Data Tab with Our Settings
We will
move to the X Axis tab in the subsection that follows.
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